The poll found Trump with 26% of the vote among Republican
primary voters in the state, compared to 20% for former Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and roughly 10% for Sen. Marco Rubio
(R-Florida). Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), with 12%, also led
Rubio.

The Florida-based pollster's track record
has been criticized — and, of course, it is still very early
in the race — but the poll is only the latest in a long line of
recent surveys that have shown Trump ahead of the GOP pack.

A Monmouth University poll, also out Tuesday, found that the
Republican businessman had
opened up a two-to-one lead over Bush — his nearest primary
rival — in New Hampshire.

A NBC News/Marist poll
released Sunday gave Trump 21% of the GOP vote compared to
14% for Bush in the Granite State. And another Sunday poll,
a national survey from CNN, also found Trump in the No. 1
position in the primary.

The good news comes despite a string of recent controversies that
have placed negative media light on Trump's high-profile
campaign. Among other things, Trump
briefly dismissed Sen. John McCain's (R-Arizona) "war hero"
status before backtracking and saying the opposite. McCain was
captured, tortured, and held as a prisoner of war for five years
during the Vietnam War.

"The controversy over comments about John McCain's war service do
not appear to have slowed the Trump steamroller,"
said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University
poll.